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Business Continuity Management
Business Continuity Management (BCM) is the process of managing risks which threaten the basis upon which any company conducts its business. The company's activities depend upon a wide range of assets (such as office equipment, or standard materials, or unskilled contractors) which could readily be replaced were the particular assets currently used to be denied to the business. However, there is also a significant dependence upon a range of key assets (or “critical enablers”), which would be difficult (in some cases impossible) to replace - such as specialist plant, complex IT configurations, unique individuals or IPR information. Make no mistake: loss of such critical enablers could have a devastating effect upon a business.
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can we protect our critical enablers better?
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can we be better prepared to react as and when they are denied to the business?
· how should we proceed come the day when critical enablers are actually denied?
We can help you answer these questions by:
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identifying your critical enablers
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conducting a risk assessment in respect of them
· working on preventative action in respect of the critical enablers · working on preparations to respond should one or more critical enablers be denied · working on specific plans ready to be implemented as and when incidents occur that deny access to the critical enablers · putting in place an infrastructure of organisation (Bronze, Silver and Gold Teams as per best practice) to implement the above.
Thus BCM provides practical means for protecting your organisation's critical assets, so as to provide resilience against internal and external interruptions.
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